However each box does contain 2 square of siding.
How many square in a box of vinyl siding.
Houses are not smooth rectangles.
They contain windows doors and gables which alter the amount of coverage you ll get from a single box of vinyl siding.
Check with the vinyl siding manufacturer to see how many squares are in one box.
That s only a starting point however.
A box of vinyl siding contains two squares a square in construction lingo equals 100 square feet so a box of vinyl siding will cover 200 square feet.
That is a coverage amount of 200 square feet.
To find the number of squares of siding needed for an installation measure each walls width and height in feet.
Vinyl siding typically comes in 2 square boxes so if your calculation above is 58 squares of siding you would need 29 boxes of vinyl siding.
However if you re calculating for vinyl shake siding which is often 1 2 or 1 3 of a square per box your calculations will be different.
Multiply the width and height to get the area of the wall in square feet.